Friday, August 22, 2014

Expansion of Qolo

Different versions of the Shhimtho add and subtract to various parts. The 1890 Shhimtho had an extended part of the very well known L'Maryam Yoldat Aloho, whose fourth verse is used in Maronite liturgy 'til today.
These are the three preceding verses of the Qolo found in the Hoosoyo of the 9th Hour of Saturday in the 1890 Shhimtho but omitted in later versions (as a short Qolo, it's rotated with Psalm 117):

God who was sacrificed on the height of Golgotha,
magnify the remembrance of Your Mother and of Your holy ones.
Confer compassion and mercy, through their prayers, upon us who sing praises in their remembrance.

May the remembrance of the Blessed One (fem.) be bounties,
And may her prayer be a rampart for our souls.
Through her prayer, our Lord Jesus, and those of Your holy ones, forgive us and the departed in Your mercy.

Glory to You, Offspring of the Father, whose love willed
and You became the offspring of the Virgin at a later time.
You fulfilled the words of the prophets which they proclaimed concerning You, and the apostles and the martyrs offered You the blood of their throats.

[Last verse is the commonly known one]
  Our Lord, accept our service, our prayers, come to our aid and have mercy on us!

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